士師記 21:20-22 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 21:16-25

We have here the method that was taken to provide the 200 Benjamites that remained with wives. And, though the tribe was reduced to a small number, they were only in care to provide each man with one wife, not with more under pretence of multiplying them the faster. They may not bestow their daughters upon them, but to save their oath, and yet marry some of their daughters to them, they put them into a way of taking them by surprise, and marrying them, which should be ratified by their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:20

Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin ,.... The two hundred men of the tribe that wanted wives; they ordered them as follows, and which they spake with authority, being the elders of the congregation, Judges 21:16 . saying, go and lie in wait in the vineyards ; which might belong to Shiloh, or it may be to Lebonah, which perhaps is the same with Bethlaban, famous for its wine with the Misnic writers; who say F7 Misn. Menachot, c. 8. sect. 6. the second places for wine... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:21

And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances ,.... As they used to do at this festival, not along with men, but by themselves; and so might the more easily be taken and carried off; and though only males were obliged to appear from all parts at this feast, yet females might come if they would; and, no doubt, from neighbouring places, at least many did; however, the daughters of Shiloh, who dwelt where the tabernacle was, these always attended the feast with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:22

And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain ,.... Of this rape of their daughters or sisters, or to bring an action against them, and desire they might be summoned before them, the elders of the people, and be tried and judged according to law for what they had done; or to put them upon going to war with them again for such treatment of them: that we will say unto them, be favourable unto them for our sakes ; for the sake of the elders, who advised them... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 21:21

And catch you every man his wife - That is, Let each man of the two hundred Benjamites seize and carry off a woman, whom he is, from that hour, to consider as his wife. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 21:22

Be favorable unto them - They promise to use their influence with the men of Shiloh to induce them to consent to a connection thus fraudulently obtained, and which the necessity of the case appeared to them to justify. We reserved not to each man his wife in the war - The reading of the Vulgate is very remarkable: Miseremini eorum, non enim rapuerunt eas jure bellantium atque victorum, sed rogantibus ut acciperent non dedistis, et a vestra parte peccatum est .... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 21:22

Ye did not give ... - i. e., they had not broken the oath mentioned in Judges 21:1, so as to be guilty of taking the Lord’s name in vain. They did not give their daughters to Benjamin: the Benjamites had taken them by force. Such casuistry as this condemns the system of oaths, and illustrates the wisdom of our Lord’s precept Matthew 5:33-37. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 21:21

Judges 21:21. Daughters of Shiloh By whom we may understand not those only who were born or settled inhabitants there, but all those who were come thither upon this occasion, and for a time sojourned there: for although only the males were obliged to go up to the three solemn feasts, yet the women had liberty to go, and those who were most devout did usually go. Vineyards Which were near to the green where they danced. Catch Take them away by force, which they might the better do,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 21:1-25

The war with Benjamin (19:1-21:25)A Levite whose concubine had run away from him came to Judah looking for her. When they were reunited, her father was so pleased he did not want them to leave. They therefore stayed with him a few days, then set out to return to the Levite’s home in Ephraim (19:1-9).The route back to Ephraim took the couple through the tribal territory of Benjamin. Looking for somewhere to sleep the night, they preferred not to stay in Jerusalem, which was inhabited by... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 21:21

dance in dances. This is what "religion" had come to in those days of apostasy, by which we must judge it. man. Heb, 'ish. App-14 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 21:16-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 21:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 21:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 21:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 21:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 21:21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 21:1-25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 21:21

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